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Introduction to Python Programming | Python Programming Basics

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Introduction to Python | Python Programming Basics is a hands-on Python programming course that teaches you the key skills you’ll need to get started with programming in Python to a solid foundational level. The start of the course will lead you through writing and running basic Python scripts, and then guide you through how to use more advanced features such as file operations, regular expressions, working with binary data, and using the extensive functionality of Python modules. Extra emphasis is placed on features unique to Python, such as tuples, array slices, and output formatting.

This course provides you with an excellent kick start for users new to Python and scripting, enabling you to quickly use basic Python skills on the job in a variety of ways. You’ll be able use Python in basic web development projects or use it to automate or simplify common tasks with the use of Python scripts. The course also serves as a solid primer course / foundation for continued Python study in support for next level web development with Python, using Python in DevOps, Python for data science / machine learning or Python for systems admin or networking support.

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Audience profile
This basic level course provides an excellent kick start for users new to Python and scripting, enabling them to use basic Python skills on the job in a variety of ways. This course is appropriate for advanced users, system administrators and web site administrators who want to use Python to support their server installations, as well as anyone else who wants to automate or simplify common tasks with the use of Python scripts.
Students can apply the course skills to use Python in basic web development projects or automate or simplify common tasks with the use of Python scripts. The course also serves as a solid primer course / foundation for continued Python study in support for next level web development with Python, Python for data science / machine learning or Python for systems admin or networking support. Basic familiarity with any programming or scripting language would be helpful. Students should have a working, user-level knowledge of Unix/Linux, Mac, or Windows.

At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Create working Python scripts following best practices
Use python data types appropriately
Read and write files with both text and binary data
Search and replace text with regular expressions
Get familiar with the standard library and its work-saving modules
Create "real-world", professional Python applications
Know when to use collections such as lists, dictionaries, and sets
Understand Pythonic features such as comprehensions and iterators
Write robust code using exception handling

Course Outline

An overview of Python

What is python?
Python Timeline
Advantages/Disadvantages of Python
Getting help with pydoc

The Python Environment

Starting Python
Using the interpreter
Running a Python script
Python scripts on Unix/Windows
Editors and IDEs

Getting Started

Using variables
Builtin functions
Strings
Numbers
Converting among types
Writing to the screen
Command line parameters

Flow Control

About flow control
White space
Conditional expressions
Relational and Boolean operators
While loops
Alternate loop exits

Array types

About array types (AKA sequences)
Lists and list methods
Tuples
Indexing and slicing
Iterating through a sequence
Nested sequences
Sequence functions, keywords, and operators
List comprehensions
Generator Expressions

Working with files

File overview
Opening a text file
Reading a text file
Writing to a text file

Dictionaries and Sets

About dictionaries
Creating dictionaries
Iterating through a dictionary
About sets
Creating sets
Working with sets

Functions

Defining functions
Returning values
Parameters
Global and local scope

Sorting

The sorted() function
Alternate keys
Lambda functions
Sorting collections
Using operator.itemgetter()
Reverse sorting

Time-Permitting

Errors and Exception Handling

Syntax errors
Exceptions
Using try/catch
Handling multiple exceptions
Ignoring exceptions

Modules and Packages

The import statement
Module search path
Creating Modules
Using packages
Function and Module aliases

Working with Classes & OO Programming

About o-o programming
Defining classes
Constructors
Methods
Instance data
Properties
Class methods and data

Course Title

Introduction to Python Programming | Python Programming Basics

Course Number

TTPS4800

Course Outline

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Duration

3 days

Price

$1895.00

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Introduction to Python Programming | Python Programming Basics